So this weekend I eh-hmm "competed" in the Black Bear sprint triathlon. At the same time, my sister competed in the 70.3 mile Half Ironman. Oh my goodness.
So the distances were:
swim 750 meters
bike 17.7 miles
run 3.4 miles
What makes it hard you ask? One word for you people: HILLS. Straight up, straight down, straight up, straight down...for 17 miles!! About .7 was flat....but the rest--straight up and straight down. It was brutal.
I finished in 2:20 which isn't great, but whatever. The swim and run felt good as did the flat part of the bike where I was going 25 miles an hour...but hills--not my best.
My sister Sarah did these as her last big race before Ironman Lake Placid. She said that this course was WAY harder. As did the big, burly, 20 year olds also doing LP who competed yesterday. Basically, she had 56 miles of straight up and straight down. Bleech. I don't know how she did it. I would have quit. But congrats to her!!!!
I will not do this race again. Ever. Unless I'm paid LARGE sums of money.
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